Clinical trial · Interventional
Low Dose Vemurafenib and Rituximab in Hairy Cell Leukemia
A Single Arm Phase II Pilot Study of Low Dose Vemurafenib Plus Rituximab in the Front-line and Relapsed/Refractory Treatment of Hairy Cell Leukemia
NCT05388123CI-TRIAL-00109463completedPhase 2ClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The current standard-of-care for Hairy Cell Leukemia involves chemotherapy, with agents such as cladribine or pentostatin. Chemotherapy is associated with infection, low blood counts and predisposition to future cancers. This study tests a new yet previously validated drug combination for the treatment of hairy cell leukemia. The treatment involves 8 weeks of treatment with an oral drug called vemurafenib and 8 doses of an intravenous medication called rituximab. The goal of this study is to see whether this treatment is better tolerated and more effective than the currently used treatment in this disease. In addition, this study uses a lower dose of vemurafenib than previous studies have used, with the goal of minimizing side effects from this medication.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hairy Cell Leukemia | Hairy Cell Leukemia | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low dose vemurafenib plus rituximab | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Low dose Vemurafenib and Rituximab
- description
- Eligible patients will receive vemurafenib at a dose of 240 mg orally twice daily (b.i.d.) continuously for 8 weeks. Rituximab 375 mg/m2 will be administered every 2 weeks for a total of 16 weeks. The entire duration of treatment will be 16 weeks.
- interventionNames
- Drug: Low dose vemurafenib plus rituximab
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Complete Response
- timeFrame
- Up to 2 years from enrollment
- description
- Resolution of cytopenias and splenomegaly
Secondary outcomes (3)
- measure
- Time to hematologic response
- timeFrame
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 90 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * ≥ 18 years of age * Histologically confirmed HCL that are BRAF V600E positive by IHC or NGS * Patient's must meet the standard treatment initiation criteria, as defined by ANC ≤1.0, Hgb ≤ 10.0 or PLT ≤100K * Patients can either have (1) not received any prior therapy for the disease or have had (2) failure to achieve any response to the initial purine analog-based therapy or (3) subsequent relapse after any prior therapy. * ECOG performance status of 0-2 * Acceptable pre-study organ function during screening not exacerbated by Hairy Cell Leukemia. General thresholds should be a total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times the upper limit of normal (ULN), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 2.5x ULN, and serum creatinine ≤ 1.5x ULN * For women of childbearing potential, agreement to use acceptable methods of contraception * For men with female partners of childbearing potential, agreement to use barrier contraception * Negative serum pregnancy test within 7 days of commencement of treatment in premenopausal women. * Ability to understand and willingness to sign a written informed consent document. * Willingness and ability to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plans, laboratory tests, and other study procedures. Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant or breast-feeding or intending to become pregnant during the study * Have had chemotherapy (including purine analogs), rituximab, and other investigational agents within six weeks prior to entering the study. The patients cannot have received BRAF inhibitor therapy within 6 months of entering the study. * Major surgery within 4 weeks prior to entering the study * Invasive malignancy within the past 2 years prior to first study drug administration, except for adequately treated (with curative intent) basal or squamous cell carcinoma, melanoma, in situ carcinoma of the cervix, in situ ductal adenocarcinoma of the breast, in situ prostate cancer, or limited stage bladder cancer or other cancers from which the patient has been disease-free for at least 2 years * Active HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C or any clinically significant history of liver disease. Hepatitis B prior infection is not a contraindication though will require therapy. * Known hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs * Patients with HCL that are BRAF V600E mutation negative
References
Publications (3)
- BACKGROUNDTiacci E, De Carolis L, Simonetti E, Capponi M, Ambrosetti A, Lucia E, Antolino A, Pulsoni A, Ferrari S, Zinzani PL, Ascani S, Perriello VM, Rigacci L, Gaidano G, Della Seta R, Frattarelli N, Falcucci P, Foa R, Visani G, Zaja F, Falini B. Vemurafenib plus Rituximab in Refractory or Relapsed Hairy-Cell Leukemia. N Engl J Med. 2021 May 13;384(19):1810-1823. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2031298. PMID 33979489
- BACKGROUNDGrever M, Andritsos L, Banerji V, Barrientos JC, Bhat S, Blachly JS, Call T, Cross M, Dearden C, Demeter J, Dietrich S, Falini B, Forconi F, Gladstone DE, Gozzetti A, Iyengar S, Johnston JB, Juliusson G, Kraut E, Kreitman RJ, Lauria F, Lozanski G, Parikh SA, Park J, Polliack A, Ravandi F, Robak T, Rogers KA, Saven A, Seymour JF, Tadmor T, Tallman MS, Tam CS, Tiacci E, Troussard X, Zent C, Zenz T, Zinzani PL, Wormann B. Hairy cell leukemia and COVID-19 adaptation of treatment guidelines. Leukemia. 2021 Jul;35(7):1864-1872. doi: 10.1038/s41375-021-01257-7. Epub 2021 May 4. PMID 33947938
- DERIVEDHermel DJ, Saven A. Low-Dose Vemurafenib Plus Rituximab in Front-Line and Relapsed or Refractory Hairy Cell Leukemia: The Scripps Regimen. Blood Adv. 2026 Jun 16:bloodadvances.2025019243. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2025019243. Online ahead of print. PMID 42308249